| based_on = ''[[The Ghost Train (play)|The Ghost Train]]'' by [[Arnold Ridley]] ...The Ghost Train]]'' by [[Arnold Ridley]]. The film's [[art direction]] was by [[Walter Murton]].

| portrayer = [[Arnold Ridley]]<br />[[Michael Gambon]] ''[[Dad's Army (2016 film)|(2016 film)]]''<br />[ ...mbers and resulted in him being appointed as the [[First Aid]] supervisor. Ridley himself fought at the [[Battle of the Somme]] during the First World War.

| writer = [[Arnold Ridley]] ...)|thriller]], written in 1923 by the English actor and playwright [[Arnold Ridley]].

| image = Arnold Ridley 1921.jpg | caption = Ridley in 1921

...ter = [[Monja Danischewsky]] (scriptwriter)<br>additional dialogue by Peter Myers and Alec Grahame ...s based on the [[play (theatre)|play]] ''Beggar My Neighbour'' by [[Arnold Ridley]] (who later played Private Godfrey in the [[BBC]] television comedy series

...ugh safely. While explaining the operation, Mainwaring damages Jones' van, by drawing on its side (ruining the paintwork) and knocking off part of the [[ ...efore long it is joined by Hodges' van, his motorbike and side-car (driven by the Verger, who is taking Mrs Fox to pick bluebells, much to the chagrin of

...nd lack of awareness shown by the Home Guard. He is particularly unsettled by the [[Walmington-on-Sea]] platoon, especially Corporal Jones. ...spicions). A drunken Mainwaring returns to their tent only to be jumped on by Corporal Jones, thinking he is a [[thuggee]].

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...ws; as Captain Mainwaring puts it, the long dark tunnel is now illuminated by a bright light shining for all to see. He is not, as Pike initially believe ...seems to be going well, with a number of pleasing propaganda photos taken by a Welsh photographer, Mr. Cheeseman. It starts to go wrong when the America

...d over in the rush but struggles up to stand to attention while the anthem plays to a now empty cinema. ...the terminus". Mainwaring is furious and intervenes again, and is thanked by the bus conductress. He then instructs the platoon that after their disgrac

...g the success of the television programme, the stage show was commissioned by [[Bernard Delfont]] in the spring of 1975. ...enes from the show, and individual turns for cast members. It was produced by Roger Redfarn, who shared the same agent as the writers.

...Fox, the quiet Ivy Samways, and the tarty Edith Parish, who were recruited by Jones, Pike and Walker respectively. Frazer informs Mainwaring that his rec ...g's bill. However, while trying to have a quiet chat, they are interrupted by Godfrey, Jones, Walker, and eventually Pike, who informs Mainwaring that th

...ter the events depicted in the television series. [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]] plays an elegant German spy, posing as a journalist, reporting on the [[Walmingto ...[[John Laurie]]), [[Michael Gambon]] (Private Godfrey), (based on [[Arnold Ridley]]), [[Blake Harrison]] (Private Pike), (based on [[Ian Lavender]]) and [[Da

...sist based on his former experience in tailoring, but is quickly dismissed by Mainwaring, who is determined to make sure nobody finds out, but Godfrey bl ...nd thinks Mainwaring has committed [[suicide]]. He rushes in and is joined by Jones, who explains that it was Godfrey's [[rifle]] that fired, and the two

...atre]] and worked with the [[Watford Palace Theatre]], which was being run by [[Jimmy Perry]], the creator of ''[[Dad's Army]]'' some years later. Willia ...e BBC TV series ''Diary of a Young Man'' (1964), which was partly directed by [[Ken Loach]], in addition to small parts in numerous TV series of the 1950

...he created the role of John the Baptist in [[Dorothy L Sayers]]' cycle of plays ''[[The Man Born to Be King]]'', and reprised the role in two further versi ...for doing this crap.|source=John Laurie comment on ''Dad's Army'' recalled by [[Ian Lavender]].<ref name="BirminghamPress">[http://www.thebirminghampress

* [[Arnold Ridley]] ...|Home Guard]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. It was written by [[Jimmy Perry]] and [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]], and original

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